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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
ANTI-SKID CONTROL SYSTEM FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHICLE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to anti-skid
control systems for use in motor vehicles, and more
, particularly to such an anti-skid control system arranged
so as to adjust the pressure o~ a wheel braking cylinder by
a pressure control valve to prevent a locking of a wheel
which can occurs when *he motor vehicle is running.
Conventionally, an anti-skid control system is known
as d~scIosed in Jæpanese Patent Publication 51-6308 tUS
Patent 3,637,264), the technique o-~ which is arranged such
that the braking pressure to the wheel braking cylinder is
, adJusted in accordance with duty control o~ a two-position
valve between the pressure-increasing position and the
~' pressure-decreasing position.
Generally, such an anti-skid con~rol system co~trols
the braking pressure to the wheel braking cylinder in
accordance with predetermined duty ratios ~or low
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pressure-increasing operation, low pressure-decreasing
~ ~ operation and pressure-maintaining operation. However, the
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developed when the two-position valve takes the
pressure-increasing position and the pressure-decreasing
i 25 position depend upon the braking pressure in the master
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cylinder, the braking pressure in the wheel braking
cylinder and others. At this time, in the duty control of
the two-position valve, a duty ratio exsits whereby the
pressure-increasing amount obtained in accordance with the
pressure-increasing slope can become equal to the
pressure-decreasing amount obtained in accordance with the
pressure-decreasing slope. This balanced duty ratio causes
maintaining the braking pressure in the wheel braking
cylinder to be constant. Accordingly, in the case of
fixing the duty ratios in advance as disclosed in the
a~orementioned prior art, even i~ the two-position valve is
operated with -the duty ratio set for the slow
pressure-increasing purpose, for example, when the duty
ratio is greater than the balanced duty ratio, the braking
pressure in the wheel braking c~linder results in being
decreased, thereby making it di~icult to reliably and
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surely control the increase and decrease in the brak~ng
pressure in the wheel braklng cylinder.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention
to provide an anti-skid control system which is capable of
reliably con~rolling the braking pressure in the wheel
braking cylinder.
The anti-skld control system according to the
present invention includes a wheel speed sensor for sensing
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the speed O-e a wheel of the motor vehicle and a control
valve ~or controlling the braking pressure in a wheel
braking cylinder which applies a braking force to the wheel.
The control valve is o~ the two-position type that ~akes
the pressure-increasing position and the
pressure-decreasing position. Further, the control valve
is arranged to be operable in accordance with a signal
~ indicative of a duty ra*io for determining the driving time
;, relation between the pressure-increasing and the
' 10 pressure-decreasing. Also included in the system is
locking decision means for determining the locking state of
the wheel on the basis of the wheel speed sensed by the
wheel speed sensor and balanced duty ratio estimating means
' -~or estimating a balanced duty ratio whereby the present
;~ 15 braking pressure in the wheel braking cylinder is kept as
I it ls when the control valve is driven with a signal having
the balanced duty ratio. The control means of the
anti-skid control system determines a duty ratio on the
basis o~ the estimated balanced duty ratio in accordance
with the locking state of the wheel determined by the
, locking decision means and controls the control ~alve with
a signal indicati~e o~ the determined duty ratio. The
balanced duty ratio is estimated on the basis o~ the
variation o~ the duty ratio which is in turn obtained in
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determined as a -function of the wheel speed, wheel
acceleration and vehicle acceleration.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS .
The object and features of the present invention
will become more readily apparent -~rom the ~ollowing
detailed description taken in conjunction with the
accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an arrangement o~ an :
anti-skid control system according to a flrst embodiment of
the present invention which is incorporated into a motor
-~ vehicle; ~ :
. Fi~s. 2A and 2B are lllustrations o~ an arranigement
of the FiK. 1 anti~skid control system with respect to one
~ wheel of the motor vehicle;
1 15 Fi~. ~ is a time chart for describing the operation
.~ o~ the first embodiment;
Figs. 4 and 5 are flow charts ~or describing the
: anti-skid control according to *he ~irst embodiment;
Fig. 6 is a time chart for describing the duty
control of the anti-skid control of the ~irst embodiment;
Fig. 7 is an illustration o-~ the relation between
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~ the duty ratio and the balanced pressure in the first `.
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Fig. 8 is is a graphic diagram for describing a
25 method o~ estimating the balanced duty ratio; :~
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Fig. 9 is a time chart -for describing a second
embodiment of the presen-t invention;
Fig. 10 is a ~low chart o~ an operation executed in
the step 110 of the Fig. 4 ~low chart;
Fig. llA shows experiment data in the case that the
phases of the duty control ~or the respective
solenoid-operated valves are the same;
Fig. llB shows experiment data in the case that the
phases ~or the respective solenoid-operated valves are
shifted ~rom each other;
Fig. 12 is a timing chart ~or describing another
duty control; and
~ ig. 13 is a -flow chart of an operation for
executing duty control;
Fig. 14 shows another arrangement of the
solenoid-operated valve which i~ usable in the anti-skid
control system o~ this invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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Re~erring now to Fig. 1, there is schematlcally
~ 20 illustrated an anti-skid control system according to an
,~ embodiment o~ the present invention which is incorporated
into a motor vehicle. In Fig. 1, front-right and
ront-le~t wheels 1 and 2 o~ the motor vehicle are
respectively associated with wheel braking cylinders 9 and
10 ~or braking which are in ~urn coupled through
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solenoid-operated valves 50a and 50b, which are o~ the
~. two-port and two-position type, to a master cylinder 15.
Further, rear-right and rear-left wheels 3 and 4 are also
associated with wheel braking cylinders 11 and 12 which are
, 5 coupled through two-port and two-position solenoid-operated
'. valves 50c and 50d and proportioning valves (P valves) 19
`` and 20 to the master cylinder 15. With these arrangements,
~ the braking pressure generated due to depression o-f the
- master cylinder 15 is supplied to the respective wheel
~¦ 10 braking cylinders 9 to 12. Illustrated at numerals 31 to
34 are pipes disposed at the downstream sides of the
, respective solenoid-operated valves 50a to SOd and coupled
., to through pumps 51a to 51d to pipes 21 and 2~ disposed at
:' the upstream sides o~ the solenoid-operated valves 50a and
¦ 15 50b. These pumps 51a to 51d are driven by means o~ a
~: - single motor (not shown) which causes the braking liquid in
the respective wheel braking cylinders 9 to 12 to return to
~ the upstream sides of the solenoid-operated valves 50a and
;~ 50b for the ~ront wheels 1, 2.
0 Also provided in the anti-skid control system are
wheel speed sensors 5 to 8 for sensing the speeds o~ the
respective wheels 1 to 4. The signals indicative of the ~
sensed wheel speeds are supplied to an electronic control ::
unit (ECU) 60 which determines the locking states of the
.l 2S respective whèels 1 to 4 on the basis o~ the signals
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there-from. In accordance with the results o-f the
determinations, the ECU 60 respectively duty-controls the
solenoid-valves 50a ~o 50d and at the same time opera-tes
the non-illustrated motor so as to drive the pumps 51a to
51d.
Figs. 2A and 2B are illustrations for describing the
control ~or only one wheel (the ~ront-right wheel 1).
(1) General Braking Operation
The solenold-operated valve 50a takes a position
illustrated in Fig. 2A so that the master cylinder are
directly communicated with the wheel braking cylinder 5a,
and ~urther the pump 51a is in the non-driven st~te.
Accordingly, the braking pressure of the master cylinder 15
developed in response to depression o~ a braking pedal 13
I 15 is directly operated with respect to the wheel braking
:~ cylinder ~ so as to apply the braking torque to the
~, Eront right wheel l.
(2) Anti-Skid Control
Due to the braking operation taken when the motor
' 20 vehicle is running, the degree of locking o~ the
front-right wheel 1 becomes high, the ECU 60 starts the
antl-skid control. In response to the start of the ~ `
antl~skid control, the ECU 60 outputs a control signal, as
shown b~ (A)ln Fig. 3, to the non-illustrated motor so as
to drive the pump 51a. The pump 51a is always in the
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driven state during the anti-skid control execution. Ln
addition, as shown by (B) and (C) of Fig. 3, The ECU 60
duty-controls the solenoid-operated valve 50a -to adJust the
braking pressure Pw/c in the wheel braking cyllnder 9.
Here, when being in the deenergized state (OFF state), the
solenoid-operated valve 50a takes the position illustrated
~; in-Fig. 2A, and in response to the energizatlon (ON state),
the solenoid-operated valve 50a takes the position
~, illustrated in Fig. 2B.
One example of the anti-skid control executed in the
ECU 60 will be described hereinbelow w~th reference to Figs.
4 and 5.
In Fig. 4, the anti-skid control starts with a step
100 to calculate the respective wheel speeds (front-right
' 15 wheel speed VFX, ~ront-le~t wheel speed VFL, rear-right
j wheel speed V7j~7j~ and rear-left wheel speed VRL) on the basis
o-~ the wheel speed signals ~rom the respective wheel speed
sensors 5 to 8. -A subsequently, a step 101 is e~ecuted so
' as to calculate the acceleration values VFR~ VFL, VRR and
`',: 2~ V~L as a ~unction o~ the respective wheel speed VFR. VFL~ .
V~R and V2L obtained in the previous step 100. Then,
control advances to a step 102 to calculate an estimated
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vehicle speed V~ and an estimated vehicle acceleration Va
~ in accordance with the following equations.
3, 25 V~ = MED (V~n-~) ~ a , ta, Vwmax,
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VB ~n-~ 2 ta ..................... ..(a)
Vwmax = MAX (VFR, V~L, VRR, VRL) ........... ( b)
' V~ = (V~ ~ r~ ~ V~ ~ n - 1 ) ) /ta ........ (c)
where operator MED represents a median, operator MAX
; 5 designates the maximum value, the subscript ~n) of V~ ~n~ in
i the equation (a) depicts the present calculation value, the
subscript ~n-l~ ) denotes the previous calculation value, a
, " a 2 are the deceleration upper limit and the
acceleration upper limit of the vehicle acceleration which
~, 10 are used to limit the speed difference between the ~ -:
previously calculated vehicle speed VB ~n- I ~ and the
currently calculated vehicle speed V8 ~n~ ~ and-ta represents
a period (~or example, 4 to 10 msec.) for the calculation ~
, of the vehicle speed. ::
Returning to the ~low chart o-~ Fig. 4, control
proceeds to a step 103 to determine a reference speed V~
on the basis of the calculated estimated vehicle speed VB
in order to decide the wheel locking tendenc~ That is,
the estimated vehicle speed VB is multiplied by Ko ~= 0.7 ~.
to 0.95) so as to obtain a speed corresponding to a target
sllp ratio and then the reference speed V~H is determined ~ :~
by subtracting an offset speed Yo from the -~
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.~: ; V~ = Ko V~ - Vo ............................ (d)
25 Nere, the calculation that the of-fset speed Vo is :
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subtracted from the speed KO VB ob~ained by multiplying the
estimated vehicle speed V~ by Ko is -for the purpose o~
setting the speed di~ference between the estimated speed V~
and the re-~erence speed V3~l-to be greater than the o-f-fset
speed Vo even when the estimated vehicle speed VB becomes
low.
In a step 104, a calculation is per-~ormed in
. accordance with the ~ollowing equation so as to obtain
;, parameters W~, WFL, W~R and WRL indlcative o~ locking
tendencies (states) o-~ the respective wheels (which will be
re~erred to as wheel parameters~ on the ba~is o~ the
estimated vehicle acceleration ~3 and the re~erence speed
V~ calculated in the previous steps 102 and 103.
W~* = A (V* ~: - V~H) ~ B (V ~ ~ YE~) .. (e)
where the symbol ** of W*.*, V*~ and so on represents any
one o~ FR, FL, RR and RL.
~ With respect to the wheel parameter W*~ to be
l~ calculated ln the equation (e), the case of W** > 0
indicates that the wheel does not enter into the locking
state, and the case o~ W~* ~ 0 represents that the wheel is
in the locking state. I W** I indicates the degree of the
locking state. During the anti-skid control execution,
when W** > G ! the braking pressures Pw/c in the wheel
braking cylinders 9 to 13 stand increased. On the other
hand, i~ W~ < 0, it is under the pressure-maintaining or
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pressure-decreasing condition.
In a step 105, it is checked ~hether the anti-skid
. control has been started. I-f so, control goes to a step
; 106 to decide the locking tendency of each of the wheels.
5 That is, the wheel parameters ~ of the respective wheels
obtained in the above-mentioned step 104 is compared with a
control start level -Kw (Kw : positive constant). As a
, result, when the decision is made where at least one of the
f wheel parameters W~ is smaller than -Kw, control goes to a
10 step 107 to start the anti-skid control. On the other hand,
if in the step 106 all the wheel parameters WF~ to WRL are
above -Kw, the operational ~low returns to the step 100
under.the determination that all the wheel are not in the ~1
,~ locking states. In the step 10'7, the pump 51a is driven to
be in the ON state, thereby star-ting the anti-skid control.
, A subsequent step 108 is provided in order to check `
!' ~ whether the state that all the wheel parameters WFR to WRL
are greater than zero continues ~or not-less-than Te
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seconds (-~or example, 0.5 to 2 seconds). I~ the answer of
20 this step 108 is a~firmative, control advances to a step
109 under the determination that the locking of the wheels
are completely controlled. In the step 109, the pump 51a
is set to the non-driven state (OFF state) and the
solenoid-operated valve 50a is deenergized ~set to the OFF `-
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the operational -flow returns to the step 100. On the other
hand, i-f in the step 108 the decision is negative, under
the determination that the locking states of the respective
wheels are not yet controlled perfec~ly, the anti-skid
control is effected in the f'ollowing steps 110 to 140.
In the steps 110 to 140, the duty ratios for drivin~
the siolenold-operated valves 50a to 50d are calculated in
'~ accordance with the degrees of the locking states o~ the
.; respective wheels 1 to 4. Thereafter, the operational flow
returns to the step 100. With the calculated duty ratios,
the respective solenoid-operated valves 50a to 50d are
duty-controlled in the interrupt routine illustrated in (a)
to (d) o~ Fig. 5. ~ere, as shown in Fig. 6, the phases of ~;~
the duty-control of the solenoid-operated valves 50a to 50d
are shi-fted by 1/4T where T corresponds to one cycle of the
duty control. Thus, as compared with the case that the
, ~ duty-control is performed under the condition of the same
1: phase, the braking liquid emerging -~rom the master cylinder
~ 1~ or vice versa becomes smooth, thereby resulting in
i 20 reduction o~ kickback of the braking pedal 13 and others
and improvement o~ the braking feeling~ -
The calculation method of the duty ratio to be
executed in the step 110 will be described hereinbelow with
reference to Figs. 3, 7 and 8.
With respect to the duty control of the
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solenoid-operated valve 50a, as illustra-ted by (B) of Fig.
3, as -the energization timer period (pressure-decreasing
time period) T' D 0~ the one cycle T is longer, that is, in
accordance with the duty ratio TD (= T'D/T) becoming :
` 5 greater, the pressure~decreasing tendency becomes stronger.
' However, when the solenoid-operated valve 50a is
continuously driven with a given duty ratio TD~ the braking
' pressure Pw/c in the wheel braking cylinder 9 is converged
i to a given pressure value (balanced pressure P~). The duty
ratlo TD and the balanced pressure P~ are in a relation to
each other as shown in Fig. 7. Thus, in the cases where,
~or example, the solenoid-operated valve 50a is
' continuously operated with the duty ratio TDO~ the
pressure-increasing is made when the brakin~ pressure PwJc
in the wheel braking cylinder 9 is lower than the balanced
~! pressure Po corresponding to the duty ratio TDO, and on the
other hand, the pressure-decreasing is made when the
braking pressure Pw/c is higher than the balanced pressure
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~i Po. Thus, Even if the solenoid-operated valve 50a is
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20 operated in accordance with the duty ratio TDO~ the ~`
' increase or decrease in the braking pressure Pw/c in the
,;~ wheel braking cylinder 9 depends upon the current braking
. pressure Pw/c therein and others. Accordingly, in order to
rellably per~orm the increasing and decreasing o~ the
25 braklng pressure Pw/c in the wheel braking cylinder 9, it :
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may be preferable to estimate the balanced duty ratio TMD
-for maintaining the present braking pressure Pw/c in the
i wheel braking cylinder 9 and to operate the
solenoid-operated valve 50a with a duty ratio TD smaller
than the balanced duty ratio TMD when pressure-increased or
a duty ratio TD greater than the balanced duty ratio TMD
, when pressure-decreased.
Here, an estimating method of the balanced duty
ratio TMD will be described hereinbelow with re-ference to
Fig. 8. In Fig. 8, let it be assumed that the
solenoid-operated valve 50a is driven ~ith the duty ratio
TDO until a time to so that the braking pressure Pw/c in
1 the wheel braking cylinder 9 reaches a balanced pressure Po.
`, When at the time to the duty ratio is changed to TD1 (<
T~o), the braking pressure Pw/c therein varies toward a
, balanced pressure P1 correspondin~ to the duty ratio TD I as
i~ shown in Fig. 8. At this time, the variation ~ P t= Pw/c -
; Po) la a functlon of time t and can be e~pressed as the . -
following equatlon.
,~ 20 ~ p = ~ P1 . (1 - e~~ "t - tO~ ) , .. , .... (f)
where Q P1 = P1 - Po, and K1 is a positive constant~
Accordingly, the ~ariation ~ P2 of the braking
pressure Pw/c after a calculation period ta (time t2)
during which the ECU 60 estimates the balanced duty ratio
25 TMD is glven in accordance with the followlng equation.
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P2 = ~ P1 (1 - e~hl t~) = k ~ P1
' (0 < k < 1) ........................ (g)
;~,Here, when the variation ~ TD of the duty ratio TD is small,
the relation between the variation ~ T~ of the duty ratio
`.5 TD and the variation ~ P~ of the balanced pressure PH of
,the wheel braking cylinder illustrated in Fi~. 7 can be
approximated as follows.
P~ = k2 ~ TD (k2 is a negative constant)
.......... (h)
Thus, in the case o-~ Fig. 8,
a P1 = k2 (TDO -TD1 ) = K2 ~ TD~ .............. (i) -
Further, when the duty ratio in the case that in Fig. 8 the
I braking pressure P2 is the balanced pressure is taken as
I TD2. the f~llowin~ equation can be obtained.
~l 15 ~ P2 ( = P2 - PO) = k2 (TDO ~ TD2)
.1 = k2 o ~ TD2 ................. ( j )
:I: When substituting the equations (i) and (;) into the
3: equation (g), the resultan-t equation is as Pollows. ~-
T~2 a k ~ TDI ( O < k < 1) ............. .(k)
~: 20 That i5, when the duty ratio is varied by ~ T~, the
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variation ~ TMD sf the balanced duty ratio a~ter the
, calculation period tac can be obtained in accordance with
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~ ~ TMI~ = k ~ TD ( -- O < k < 1 ) ......... .( 1 ) ~:
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calculated on the basis of the balanced duty ratio TMD~
and the variation ~ Tv** of the duty ratio in accordance
, with the -~ollowing equation.
T: ~ = TMD* :i~ Cn~ TD~ - - - - (O)
where TMD** ~n- 1 ~ is the previously calculated balanced duty
ratio.
~! Further, the variation ~ TD~ of the duty ratio TD~* is
given as follows on the basis o~ the wheel parameter W~
calculated in the step 104 of the flow chart of Fig. 4.
~ T~*~ = k3 W~ (k3 is a positive constant)
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~, The balanced duty ratio TMD** ~n~ to be used in the next
calculation can be obtained in accordance with the
ollowing equation on the basis of the the variation ~ TD~*
~15 of the duty ratio TD~ obtained by the equation (m~ and the
'~previously calculated balanced duty ratio TMD*~Cn-1) . -
T~*~ ~n) = T~D~ ~n - 1~ ~ k A T~*~
~i (0 < k < 1) ................... (p)
I~ durin~ the execution of the anti-skid control the
^,20 balanced duty ratio TMD is always estimated in accordance
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with the aforementioned equation (p), it is possible to
attain, in accordance with the equations (o) and ~m), the
duty ratio T~* which is capable of surely per~orming the
pr~ssure-increasing and pressure-decreasin~ of the braking
pressure Pw/c of each o~ the whuels 1 to 4 in accordance
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with the locking state o-~ each of the wheels 1 to 4. -
While in the steps 110 to 140 the duty ratio TD** of
each of ~he wheels 1 to 4 is calculated using the equations
(m), (o) and (p), as a second embodiment of the present
~i 5 invention, ~urther control is performed in order to improve
the braking ef~iciency. A description will be described
hereinbelow in terms o~ this control with reference to Fig.
9. As illustrated by (d) of Fig. 9, for the interval from
~i time to to time tl, the wheel parameter W** is greater than
zero whereby the wheel is not in the locking state.
~ There-fore, as illustrated by (c) of Fig. 9, the duty ratio
~ , TD** and the balanced duty ratio TMD** calculated in
~ accordance with the equations (o) and (p) gradually become
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smaller, whereby the braking pressure Pw/c in the wheel
braking cylinder is slowly increased as shown by (b) of Fig.
~ 9. When, as illustrated by (a) and (d) o-f Fig. 9 the slip
!~; : ratio is increased at the time tl so that the wheel
parameter W** becomes below zero and hence the wheel enters
into the locking tendency, the duty ratio TD** and the .
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i~ ~ braking pressure Pw/c o~ the wheel braking cylinders is
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wheel.
When at the time t2 the wheel parameter W** again
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becomes greater than zero, the braking pressure Pw/c o-f the
wheel braklng cylinder starts to be increased. At this
time, if the duty ratio TD*i* and the balanced duty ratio
TMD** are calculated by the equations (o~ and (p) using the
value of the wheel parameter W~* obtained by the equation
(e), as indicated by a dotted line in (c) of Fig. 9, the
balanced duty ratio TM~$ is not lowered quickly. Thus,
the duty ratio TD$* calculated on the basis of the balanced
duty ratio TMD*~ is similarly decreased slowly.
Accordingly, there is the possibility that as indicated by
dotted lines in (a) and (b) of :Fig. 9 the braking distance
is lengthened due to lowering of the braking e~ficiency
resulting from the delay of restoration of the braking
i pressure Pw/c o~ the wheel braking cylinder.
In order to eliminate this problem, according to
this embodiment, the balanced duty ratio TMD~** immediatelY
: before a start of the pressure-decreasing at the time tl is
stored in the memor~ and the balanced duty ratio TMD~$*i at
, the time of a start of pressure-lncreasing, 1.e., at the~-~
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. balanced duty ratio T~DB~$ immediately before the start of ~ :
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~, this determination, it is possible to qulckly return the ~ :
braking pressure Pw/c of each of the wheel braking
cylinders 9 to 12 up to the optimum pressure determined by
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taking into account the braking efficiency. Here, the
reason tha-t the sum of the balanced duty ratio TMD0
immediately be-fore the start of the pressure-decreasing and
an o-ffset amount ~ TMDO3 is taken as the balanced duty
J; 5 ratio at the time of the start o~ the pressure-increasing
is that it is considered that the optimal pressure
determined by taking into account the braking efficiency is
slightly lower than the balanced pressure PH corresponding
to the balanced duty ratio TMDB immediately before the
, 10 start o-f -the pressure-decreasing. That is, the balanced
i duty ratio TMD** 1S a value corresponding to the braking
pressure Pw/c o~ each o~ the wheel braking cylinders 9 to
12, and at the time tl the locking tendency occurs with
respect to each of wheels 1 to 4 due to the braking
pressure Pw/c corresponding to the balanced duty ratio
TMD3~*. Thus, the-pressure slightly lower than the braking
pressure Pw/c results ~n an optimal pressure, and the
of-fset amount ~ TMDO~ ii determined in order to the
', balanced duty ratio TM~ corresponding to the optimal
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pressure.
Fig. 10 is a flow chart showing one example of
control for the -front-right wheel to be executed in the
~ ~itep llO o~ Fig. 4. This control starts with a step 111 to
,~ check whether the wheel parameter W~ i5 positive or
negative. I-f the wheel parameter W~R is below zero,
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control goes to a step 113. On the other hand, i-f above
zero, control goes to a step 112. In the step 112, the
: change of the balanced duty ratio TMDFRC n- 1~ to be used in
a-fter-mentionecl steps 114 and 115 is per-formed by the
following equation.
TMDFR( n - ~ ) = MIN (TMDFR~ n - ~ ) ~ TMD~FR + ~ TMDO~)
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where operator MIN means that the smaller one of TMDF~ C ~
TMD~FR + ~ TMDO~ is selected. That is, in the step 112, at
the time o~ the start of re-increasing the pressure, the
balanced duty ratio is changed to TM~FR ~ ~ TM~OS~ and at
the time of the pressure-increasing, it is changed to
TMD~RC n- ~ ) obtained previously in the step 115. However,
; even at the time of the start of pressure-reincreasing,
when the balanced duty ratio TM.~FR ~ n- ~ ) calculated
l previously in the step 115 is smaller than the sum of the
i, balanced duty ratio TMD~FR immediately before the start of
the pressure~increasing and the o~fset amount ~ TM~O~
TMDF2Cn-~) is used as the balanced duty ratio.
'~ 20 In thé step 113, the variation ~ TD~ 0~ the duty
ratio TDFR is obtained as follows uslng the wheel parameter
WFR in accordance with the above-mentioned equation (m). : :
TDFR = k3 WFR (k3 is a positive constant)
' .............. ~r)
In the step 114, the duty ratio TDFR is attained as follows
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in accordance with the above-mentioned equation (o).
T~FR = TMDF~(~ TDFR .......................... (S)
In the step 115, the balanced duty ratio TMDFR ~n~ to be
used in the next calculation is obtained as follows in
accordance with the equation (p).
TM~FR~ n) = TM~R~ n - I ~ ~ k ~ TDF~
(O < k < 1) ...................... .(t)
Thereafter, control goes to a step 116 to check
whether the wheel parameter WF2 is positive or negative.
If the wheel parameter WFR is below zero, control goes to a
step 120. On the other hand, if above zero, control goes
'; to a step 117. In the step 117, the balanced duty ratio
, T~R immediately before the start of the
l pressure-decreasing is updated. That is, with the steps
`~ 15 116 and 117, TMD~FP~ is updated at the time of the
pressure-increasing, and at the time of pressure-decreasing
!~ or pressure-maintaining, TMD~FR is not varied so that
TM~F~ becomes the balanced duty ratio immediately before
thè start of the pressure-decreasing.
The similar process is performed for the o-ther
wheels 2 to 4 in the steps 120, 130 and 140 of the flow
'~ chart of Fig. 4, respectively.
As described above with reference to Fig. 6, in
these embod~ments, the phases of the duty control for the
25 solenoid-operated valves 50a to 50d are shifted by 1/4T
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from each other. Figs. llA and llB show the experiment
data. Here, the variation o-~ the braking pressure Pm/c o-f
; the master cylinder 15 and the magnitude (vibration) o~ the
kickback during the anti-locking control are expressed by
acceleration and the cycle T of the duty control is set to
be 32 msec. Fig. llA shows the data in the case that the
phases of the duty control for the solenoid-operated valves :
50a to 50d are the same and Fig. llB shows the data in the
case that the phases thereof are shifted by 1/4T -from each
other. In cases where the duty control is employed for an
anti-skid control system of the type that during the
anti-skid control execution the pressure-increasing in the
wheel braking cylinder is per~ormed by supplying the
; braking liquid from the master cylinder to the wheel
braking cylinder, when the phases of the duty control -for
the respective wheels are the same, as shown in Fig. llA,
the varlation of the master cylinder pressure Pm/c becomes
great so as to increase the kickback to the braking pedal
and so on, thereby causing a problem that the driving ..
feeling is deteriora~ed. ~n the other hand, in the case
that the phases are shifted ~rom each other , as
illustrated in Fig. llB, the variation of the master
c~linder pressure Pm/c becomes smooth, thereby allowing
reduction of the kickback to the braking pedal, vehicle
vibration, control noises and so on. Here, it is also
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appropriate that ~he phases are divided into two groups
which are arranged to be shifted in phase by 1/2T ~rom each
other as shown in Fig. 12.
Furthermore, although in the above-mentioned
embodiments the duty control for the respective
solenoid-operated valves 50a to 50d is effected in
accordance with the interrupt routine shown in Fig. 5, the
process can be performed in accordance with an interrupt
routine as shown in Fig. 13. The interrupt routine of Fig.
13 is executed at every 8 msec and starts with a step 210
to check the value o-~ a counter N. Therea-fter, control
goes to other steps in accordance with the value of the .
counter N. That is, i~ N = 0, control goes to a step 220,
i~ N = 1, control advances to a step 230, i~ N = 2, control
proceeds to a step 240, and if N = 3, control goes to a
step 250. For example, in the step 220, for operating the
-~ two-position valve for -the front-right wheel 1, a signal is
outputted so as to set the two-position valve energization
: time of the cycle T to the timer. In steps 260 to 2~0, the
, ~ 20 counter is increment and when N = 49 the counter N is set
~~ to 0.
:'~ It should be understood that the foregoing relates
to only pre~erred embodiments of the present invention, and
~;~ that it is in-tended to cover all changes and modi-~ications
of the embodiments o-~ the invention herein used for the
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purposes of the disclosure, which do not constitute
departures ~rom the spirit and scope of -the invention. For
example, although in the embodiments the solenoid-operated
valve is of the two-port and two-position type, it is also
appropriate to use a three-port and two-position type
solenoid-operated valve as shown in Fig. 14. Further, it
is also appropriate to use an analog ~alve which can take
continuously the position between the pressure-increasing
position and the pressure-decreasing positlon. In this
; 10 case, the analog valve should be driven by the current
control or the duty control in which the period is very
short. In the case that the analog valve is drlven in
accordance with the duty control in which the period is
very short, the valve body of the analog valve is not moved
~or the dut~ control period but mo~ed in accordance ~ith
the average value of the driving current due to the duty
control. In addition, in the case that the analog valve is
driven with the current control, the current I is obtained
by the following equations. -~
20 l = IM~n_" - ~ I ............. (u)
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~ IM(n~ = IMcn-l~ - k ~ I ............. (v) ~
:
Here, the aforementioned equations (u) and ~v) respectively ~
correspond to the equations (o) and (p), and the other ` :
processes are simiIar to the above-mentioned embodiments.~ ~:
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flow chart a constant is used -for the offset amount ~ I'MDO3
in the equation (g), :it is appropriate to vary it in
accordance with the pressure-decreasing time before start .:
of the pressure-reincreasin~.
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